Originally Posted By: Martyn4802Reading through the posts here in this thread got me thinking that you have to work REAL hard to find a powder that doesn't shoot. I'm talking the usual suspect powders for use in 223's.
I've had ecellent luck with H-335, TAC, H-4995, H-322, N-133, RL-7, IMR-4198, 748, Bl(c)2, Benchmark, Varget, and probably some more I can't think of at the moment.
I'm talking 3 shots at 100 yards in 1/2", or less, with every powder I mention here. But, a caveat; not all bullets shot the same kind of accuracy. I'd have to do some tweaking with each Powder/Bullet/Primer to get this kind of accuracy.
I get the same kind of results in 222's and 222 Mag's with all of these powders.
I would tend to agree. Plus, very few shooters can test enough loads and in controlled conditions such that minor variations caused by outside factors are minimized and the real accuracy of each load can be seen. Also, of course, there's the skill of the shooter, which is usually taken for granted after all we're all capable of putting 5 in one hole at 100 if only the load and the gun would let us, right?
Also agree that the bullet seems to me to have a bigger overall effect than the powder. To reduce cost, I've managed to work up loads that use the same powder and work very well across several rifles. It's really nice and more cost effective because I can buy 8 pounds of powder at once.
Grouse